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[WP] Humans are the only sapient species to naturally evolve. All of the other races had a " Caretaker " race that guided their evolution. Naturally, the aliens are horrified, thinking that our " Caretaker " race abandoned us. | Fear.
It’s something that had molded our species, in many ways dominated it. Yet with it we had grown. Fear of the dark? Fire. Fear of the other? Weapons to conquer them. Fear of fear itself? Peace. The primitive parts of our brains could still give into the old primal fears at times but as a species we had learned t... | The Greys, looked on Earth in wonder, "what would do this to them? What would just abandon them to their own devices without evolving them?"
The Earth was going through changes, through wars and strife, as the Greys watched over time one day it stopped. The Greys had been observing Earth for centuries; they were b... | |
[WP] Humans are the only sapient species to naturally evolve. All of the other races had a " Caretaker " race that guided their evolution. Naturally, the aliens are horrified, thinking that our " Caretaker " race abandoned us. | A: "I tried it again and there's no response to any standard Care drone manufactory pings. I've been trying some of the more exotic ones, but no luck. I mean we've received some communications from the inhabitants but nothing that's a valid response from the drone system."
B: "I thought that those things were nigh ind... | The Greys, looked on Earth in wonder, "what would do this to them? What would just abandon them to their own devices without evolving them?"
The Earth was going through changes, through wars and strife, as the Greys watched over time one day it stopped. The Greys had been observing Earth for centuries; they were b... | |
[WP] Humans are the only sapient species to naturally evolve. All of the other races had a " Caretaker " race that guided their evolution. Naturally, the aliens are horrified, thinking that our " Caretaker " race abandoned us. | It was early into the 24th century before humanity made official first contact with the vast galactic civilization that controlled the Milky Way. Of course, they had known ever since the late 22nd century that they were not alone. However, before getting into that, one must know a brief history lesson about how humans ... | The Greys, looked on Earth in wonder, "what would do this to them? What would just abandon them to their own devices without evolving them?"
The Earth was going through changes, through wars and strife, as the Greys watched over time one day it stopped. The Greys had been observing Earth for centuries; they were b... | |
[WP] Humans are the only sapient species to naturally evolve. All of the other races had a " Caretaker " race that guided their evolution. Naturally, the aliens are horrified, thinking that our " Caretaker " race abandoned us. | Fear.
It’s something that had molded our species, in many ways dominated it. Yet with it we had grown. Fear of the dark? Fire. Fear of the other? Weapons to conquer them. Fear of fear itself? Peace. The primitive parts of our brains could still give into the old primal fears at times but as a species we had learned t... | "What do you mean you don't know about the Caretaker? It was single most predominant species in the Galaxy!"
"Yes, but if the Caretaker uplifts many species in the Galaxy, then the Caretaker themselves must be evolved naturally, so...." The human ambassador sighed. She never thought the first meeting on Galactic Congr... | |
[WP] Humans are the only sapient species to naturally evolve. All of the other races had a " Caretaker " race that guided their evolution. Naturally, the aliens are horrified, thinking that our " Caretaker " race abandoned us. | With a basic understanding of human culture and customs, the alien pretty much tackled the human start smothering him with its plumage in what was supposed to be a hug.
"What are you doing?"
"Is this not a hug?"
"Yes it is but why? There's nothing really wrong here."
"Oh you poor thing! Of course you would think th... | "Well, billions of years ago we all evolved from bacteria, or something. I don't know. High school was a long time ago."
"High school..? Is that where your Caretakers raised you?"
"No, well, we just call them 'teachers' here. And they just taught us the usual stuff - you know, science, biology, geography, that sort o... | |
[WP] Humans are the only sapient species to naturally evolve. All of the other races had a " Caretaker " race that guided their evolution. Naturally, the aliens are horrified, thinking that our " Caretaker " race abandoned us. | It was early into the 24th century before humanity made official first contact with the vast galactic civilization that controlled the Milky Way. Of course, they had known ever since the late 22nd century that they were not alone. However, before getting into that, one must know a brief history lesson about how humans ... | "Well, billions of years ago we all evolved from bacteria, or something. I don't know. High school was a long time ago."
"High school..? Is that where your Caretakers raised you?"
"No, well, we just call them 'teachers' here. And they just taught us the usual stuff - you know, science, biology, geography, that sort o... | |
[WP] Humans are the only sapient species to naturally evolve. All of the other races had a " Caretaker " race that guided their evolution. Naturally, the aliens are horrified, thinking that our " Caretaker " race abandoned us. | "Alright, so this publication from your 'Ministry of Interstellar Affairs' claims that the human species has not had a 'benefactor' species at any point in its history. The Most Esteemed would like to know how much truth is behind that, chairman Van Beketov. As would the rest of the galactic community."
Diplomats. The... | "Well, billions of years ago we all evolved from bacteria, or something. I don't know. High school was a long time ago."
"High school..? Is that where your Caretakers raised you?"
"No, well, we just call them 'teachers' here. And they just taught us the usual stuff - you know, science, biology, geography, that sort o... | |
[WP] Humans are the only sapient species to naturally evolve. All of the other races had a " Caretaker " race that guided their evolution. Naturally, the aliens are horrified, thinking that our " Caretaker " race abandoned us. | "So, let me get this straight."
The module that we had built into our helmets ages ago crackled as it turned the interviewer's garbled, bubbling noise into something that we could properly understand. I had heard hundreds if not thousands of languages spoken to me in my lifetime, but for the first time, the voice that... | "Well, billions of years ago we all evolved from bacteria, or something. I don't know. High school was a long time ago."
"High school..? Is that where your Caretakers raised you?"
"No, well, we just call them 'teachers' here. And they just taught us the usual stuff - you know, science, biology, geography, that sort o... | |
[WP] Humans are the only sapient species to naturally evolve. All of the other races had a " Caretaker " race that guided their evolution. Naturally, the aliens are horrified, thinking that our " Caretaker " race abandoned us. | It was early into the 24th century before humanity made official first contact with the vast galactic civilization that controlled the Milky Way. Of course, they had known ever since the late 22nd century that they were not alone. However, before getting into that, one must know a brief history lesson about how humans ... | With a basic understanding of human culture and customs, the alien pretty much tackled the human start smothering him with its plumage in what was supposed to be a hug.
"What are you doing?"
"Is this not a hug?"
"Yes it is but why? There's nothing really wrong here."
"Oh you poor thing! Of course you would think th... | |
[WP] Humans are the only sapient species to naturally evolve. All of the other races had a " Caretaker " race that guided their evolution. Naturally, the aliens are horrified, thinking that our " Caretaker " race abandoned us. | "Alright, so this publication from your 'Ministry of Interstellar Affairs' claims that the human species has not had a 'benefactor' species at any point in its history. The Most Esteemed would like to know how much truth is behind that, chairman Van Beketov. As would the rest of the galactic community."
Diplomats. The... | With a basic understanding of human culture and customs, the alien pretty much tackled the human start smothering him with its plumage in what was supposed to be a hug.
"What are you doing?"
"Is this not a hug?"
"Yes it is but why? There's nothing really wrong here."
"Oh you poor thing! Of course you would think th... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | *Pulse detected in Quadrant S9-3.*
"Dash three?" Cole's supervisor shouted from across the room. He brought up the pulse on the main screen, which had hit their detection outpost just moments ago. The outpost, on the far side of the the dwarf planet in the system was carefully hidden and packed away. "That Terranova?"... | "Impossible," I thought out loud in the control center, after those first few seconds when the room fell silent in intense excited concentration, reading the response we *finally* got in a generations-long search. Some of those waves we put out we can't just take back. Hell, even if we wanted to, we couldn't just make ... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | ''Ethan, John, Paul. Meeting room. Now." shouted my manager as she hurried towards the meeting room with one paper in hand and the other hand telling me to get up.
Last time this had happened was since the last terrorist attack 10 years ago when the largest airport in the country had been blown up. I scrambled for a l... | "Impossible," I thought out loud in the control center, after those first few seconds when the room fell silent in intense excited concentration, reading the response we *finally* got in a generations-long search. Some of those waves we put out we can't just take back. Hell, even if we wanted to, we couldn't just make ... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | It was too late. Years of radio broadcasts had reached just a fraction of the Milky Way but that was more than enough. In 2024, Earth was no more. Or at least, it was forever changed.
A message in 2016 warned the governments of the world that all broadcasts outside should be shut off. But the greatest discovery of all... | "Impossible," I thought out loud in the control center, after those first few seconds when the room fell silent in intense excited concentration, reading the response we *finally* got in a generations-long search. Some of those waves we put out we can't just take back. Hell, even if we wanted to, we couldn't just make ... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | It was too late. Years of radio broadcasts had reached just a fraction of the Milky Way but that was more than enough. In 2024, Earth was no more. Or at least, it was forever changed.
A message in 2016 warned the governments of the world that all broadcasts outside should be shut off. But the greatest discovery of all... | “This is…unsettling.” Commander Jessica Willow grimaced at the sight of the rudimentary message, which only showed up on their starships view screen as text. She rubbed her caramel hued chin gently as she went over the message, as if trying to find intricacies; a complex hidden meaning in the simple words.
“Be quiet…b... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | It was too late. Years of radio broadcasts had reached just a fraction of the Milky Way but that was more than enough. In 2024, Earth was no more. Or at least, it was forever changed.
A message in 2016 warned the governments of the world that all broadcasts outside should be shut off. But the greatest discovery of all... | *Pulse detected in Quadrant S9-3.*
"Dash three?" Cole's supervisor shouted from across the room. He brought up the pulse on the main screen, which had hit their detection outpost just moments ago. The outpost, on the far side of the the dwarf planet in the system was carefully hidden and packed away. "That Terranova?"... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | It was too late. Years of radio broadcasts had reached just a fraction of the Milky Way but that was more than enough. In 2024, Earth was no more. Or at least, it was forever changed.
A message in 2016 warned the governments of the world that all broadcasts outside should be shut off. But the greatest discovery of all... | Dr. Brown wiped sweat from his neck before stepping on stage to begin his adress to the room full of world leaders sitting before him.
"The first message simply said: Be quiet before they find you. Before it could be decided wether to attempt a reply, other messages came. They came from every direction: Blips of ligh... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | It was too late. Years of radio broadcasts had reached just a fraction of the Milky Way but that was more than enough. In 2024, Earth was no more. Or at least, it was forever changed.
A message in 2016 warned the governments of the world that all broadcasts outside should be shut off. But the greatest discovery of all... | ''Ethan, John, Paul. Meeting room. Now." shouted my manager as she hurried towards the meeting room with one paper in hand and the other hand telling me to get up.
Last time this had happened was since the last terrorist attack 10 years ago when the largest airport in the country had been blown up. I scrambled for a l... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | Dawn. The sun's shine creeps from behind the mountains and gusts of wind kisses the snow topped layer. Witnessing this event from his office balcony, with a cup of freshly brewed earl grey tea, Irvin listens to his recorded voice reminding him of the day's agenda. Taking a sip he pauses when the last task is spoken,
"... | For a long time human desires contact with alien. Today, we receive the first ever message from outer space. The world was in joy and celebration, 158 years after the last war end and humanity cooperate for the greater good, we finally know that we are not alone.
Outside the street the people were celebrating, in the... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | "Idiots!" Zebin exclaimed as he received yet one more channel of communication from the Earth. Twenty years ago, the ambivalence over whether KIC 8462852 was in actuality an "alien mega structure" had finally come to an end after nearly 200 years of joint scientific endeavour by the leading lieges of the Earth. Since t... | For a long time human desires contact with alien. Today, we receive the first ever message from outer space. The world was in joy and celebration, 158 years after the last war end and humanity cooperate for the greater good, we finally know that we are not alone.
Outside the street the people were celebrating, in the... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | Ralph had been doing the exact same routine for years. He could hardly complain since it gave him a stable income and allowed him to support his worsening smoking addiction. Today was another night in the observatory. This night Ethan and Steve had decided to take leave to go watch the new ‘Aliens vs Predators : Fight ... | For a long time human desires contact with alien. Today, we receive the first ever message from outer space. The world was in joy and celebration, 158 years after the last war end and humanity cooperate for the greater good, we finally know that we are not alone.
Outside the street the people were celebrating, in the... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | The message was unmistakable. Transmitted on 10 different frequencies in 27 different languages, all saying the same thing, "Be quiet before they find you".
Three hours later a second message. "You have less than 6 hours to shut down all broadcasts, otherwise they will find you".
The message was genuine, and apart f... | For a long time human desires contact with alien. Today, we receive the first ever message from outer space. The world was in joy and celebration, 158 years after the last war end and humanity cooperate for the greater good, we finally know that we are not alone.
Outside the street the people were celebrating, in the... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | "Commander Scott, I have confirmation from the UNC Security Council, the Pan-European Parliament and the Chinese Empire - we believe beyond all doubt that the signal and message are genuine," reported the Fleet Admiral.
"Very well. And they are in accord? The message is a warning?"
"Yes, sir. It is a very clear stat... | For a long time human desires contact with alien. Today, we receive the first ever message from outer space. The world was in joy and celebration, 158 years after the last war end and humanity cooperate for the greater good, we finally know that we are not alone.
Outside the street the people were celebrating, in the... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | Ralph had been doing the exact same routine for years. He could hardly complain since it gave him a stable income and allowed him to support his worsening smoking addiction. Today was another night in the observatory. This night Ethan and Steve had decided to take leave to go watch the new ‘Aliens vs Predators : Fight ... | Dawn. The sun's shine creeps from behind the mountains and gusts of wind kisses the snow topped layer. Witnessing this event from his office balcony, with a cup of freshly brewed earl grey tea, Irvin listens to his recorded voice reminding him of the day's agenda. Taking a sip he pauses when the last task is spoken,
"... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | The message was unmistakable. Transmitted on 10 different frequencies in 27 different languages, all saying the same thing, "Be quiet before they find you".
Three hours later a second message. "You have less than 6 hours to shut down all broadcasts, otherwise they will find you".
The message was genuine, and apart f... | Dawn. The sun's shine creeps from behind the mountains and gusts of wind kisses the snow topped layer. Witnessing this event from his office balcony, with a cup of freshly brewed earl grey tea, Irvin listens to his recorded voice reminding him of the day's agenda. Taking a sip he pauses when the last task is spoken,
"... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | "Commander Scott, I have confirmation from the UNC Security Council, the Pan-European Parliament and the Chinese Empire - we believe beyond all doubt that the signal and message are genuine," reported the Fleet Admiral.
"Very well. And they are in accord? The message is a warning?"
"Yes, sir. It is a very clear stat... | Dawn. The sun's shine creeps from behind the mountains and gusts of wind kisses the snow topped layer. Witnessing this event from his office balcony, with a cup of freshly brewed earl grey tea, Irvin listens to his recorded voice reminding him of the day's agenda. Taking a sip he pauses when the last task is spoken,
"... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | Ralph had been doing the exact same routine for years. He could hardly complain since it gave him a stable income and allowed him to support his worsening smoking addiction. Today was another night in the observatory. This night Ethan and Steve had decided to take leave to go watch the new ‘Aliens vs Predators : Fight ... | "Idiots!" Zebin exclaimed as he received yet one more channel of communication from the Earth. Twenty years ago, the ambivalence over whether KIC 8462852 was in actuality an "alien mega structure" had finally come to an end after nearly 200 years of joint scientific endeavour by the leading lieges of the Earth. Since t... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | The message was unmistakable. Transmitted on 10 different frequencies in 27 different languages, all saying the same thing, "Be quiet before they find you".
Three hours later a second message. "You have less than 6 hours to shut down all broadcasts, otherwise they will find you".
The message was genuine, and apart f... | "Idiots!" Zebin exclaimed as he received yet one more channel of communication from the Earth. Twenty years ago, the ambivalence over whether KIC 8462852 was in actuality an "alien mega structure" had finally come to an end after nearly 200 years of joint scientific endeavour by the leading lieges of the Earth. Since t... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | "Commander Scott, I have confirmation from the UNC Security Council, the Pan-European Parliament and the Chinese Empire - we believe beyond all doubt that the signal and message are genuine," reported the Fleet Admiral.
"Very well. And they are in accord? The message is a warning?"
"Yes, sir. It is a very clear stat... | "Idiots!" Zebin exclaimed as he received yet one more channel of communication from the Earth. Twenty years ago, the ambivalence over whether KIC 8462852 was in actuality an "alien mega structure" had finally come to an end after nearly 200 years of joint scientific endeavour by the leading lieges of the Earth. Since t... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | Ralph had been doing the exact same routine for years. He could hardly complain since it gave him a stable income and allowed him to support his worsening smoking addiction. Today was another night in the observatory. This night Ethan and Steve had decided to take leave to go watch the new ‘Aliens vs Predators : Fight ... | “Hey, did y’all hear the news about the alien message?” Henry asked as he sat down with his meal.
The others at the table just stared at him, not wanting to take a break from eating their meals. Undeterred, Henry continued, “I mean, it’s crazy, right?”
“Yeah, real crazy, Henry,” came a reply from down the table.
“O... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | "The computer's finished, come over here."
"What does it say, Will?"
"I don't know yet, come take a look."
"I bet we're gonna be disappointed again. Just another slow pulsar, all the signals are."
"Nah, I'm sure of it, this one's different."
"Well, open it up then, let's see what it says."
The message on th... | “Hey, did y’all hear the news about the alien message?” Henry asked as he sat down with his meal.
The others at the table just stared at him, not wanting to take a break from eating their meals. Undeterred, Henry continued, “I mean, it’s crazy, right?”
“Yeah, real crazy, Henry,” came a reply from down the table.
“O... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | The message was unmistakable. Transmitted on 10 different frequencies in 27 different languages, all saying the same thing, "Be quiet before they find you".
Three hours later a second message. "You have less than 6 hours to shut down all broadcasts, otherwise they will find you".
The message was genuine, and apart f... | “Hey, did y’all hear the news about the alien message?” Henry asked as he sat down with his meal.
The others at the table just stared at him, not wanting to take a break from eating their meals. Undeterred, Henry continued, “I mean, it’s crazy, right?”
“Yeah, real crazy, Henry,” came a reply from down the table.
“O... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | "Commander Scott, I have confirmation from the UNC Security Council, the Pan-European Parliament and the Chinese Empire - we believe beyond all doubt that the signal and message are genuine," reported the Fleet Admiral.
"Very well. And they are in accord? The message is a warning?"
"Yes, sir. It is a very clear stat... | “Hey, did y’all hear the news about the alien message?” Henry asked as he sat down with his meal.
The others at the table just stared at him, not wanting to take a break from eating their meals. Undeterred, Henry continued, “I mean, it’s crazy, right?”
“Yeah, real crazy, Henry,” came a reply from down the table.
“O... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | The message was unmistakable. Transmitted on 10 different frequencies in 27 different languages, all saying the same thing, "Be quiet before they find you".
Three hours later a second message. "You have less than 6 hours to shut down all broadcasts, otherwise they will find you".
The message was genuine, and apart f... | "The computer's finished, come over here."
"What does it say, Will?"
"I don't know yet, come take a look."
"I bet we're gonna be disappointed again. Just another slow pulsar, all the signals are."
"Nah, I'm sure of it, this one's different."
"Well, open it up then, let's see what it says."
The message on th... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | "Commander Scott, I have confirmation from the UNC Security Council, the Pan-European Parliament and the Chinese Empire - we believe beyond all doubt that the signal and message are genuine," reported the Fleet Admiral.
"Very well. And they are in accord? The message is a warning?"
"Yes, sir. It is a very clear stat... | "The computer's finished, come over here."
"What does it say, Will?"
"I don't know yet, come take a look."
"I bet we're gonna be disappointed again. Just another slow pulsar, all the signals are."
"Nah, I'm sure of it, this one's different."
"Well, open it up then, let's see what it says."
The message on th... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | The message was unmistakable. Transmitted on 10 different frequencies in 27 different languages, all saying the same thing, "Be quiet before they find you".
Three hours later a second message. "You have less than 6 hours to shut down all broadcasts, otherwise they will find you".
The message was genuine, and apart f... | Andrew sat at his computer screen watching the the playback from the deep space radio telescope. The familiar sound of static poured through his headphones. He took a long drink from the lukewarm coffee he had been nursing over the last hour when something changed in the static.
A whisper in an ocean of noise. An... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | "Commander Scott, I have confirmation from the UNC Security Council, the Pan-European Parliament and the Chinese Empire - we believe beyond all doubt that the signal and message are genuine," reported the Fleet Admiral.
"Very well. And they are in accord? The message is a warning?"
"Yes, sir. It is a very clear stat... | Andrew sat at his computer screen watching the the playback from the deep space radio telescope. The familiar sound of static poured through his headphones. He took a long drink from the lukewarm coffee he had been nursing over the last hour when something changed in the static.
A whisper in an ocean of noise. An... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | "Mr. President! An urgent message from SETI, through NASA. Top priority, respond as soon as possible. Information attached." The email was brief and contained two image files. You had been putting this off all day but it was time to see what they wanted. You had fought with Congress for two years to double NASA's budge... | Andrew sat at his computer screen watching the the playback from the deep space radio telescope. The familiar sound of static poured through his headphones. He took a long drink from the lukewarm coffee he had been nursing over the last hour when something changed in the static.
A whisper in an ocean of noise. An... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | "Saytzev, you're a real obstinate son of a bitch," Brinwell said. He nervously chewed on a hangnail. "You know what public sentiment is like right now. Damn the scientists, they reached too far and dug too deep, et cetera, et cetera. We'll be lucky if they only burn down our facility. At worst they're going to lynch us... | Andrew sat at his computer screen watching the the playback from the deep space radio telescope. The familiar sound of static poured through his headphones. He took a long drink from the lukewarm coffee he had been nursing over the last hour when something changed in the static.
A whisper in an ocean of noise. An... | |
[WP] After hundreds of years of sending messages into the sky, humanity receives its first message from intelligent life. Decoded it simply says, "Be quiet before they find you." | *The problem with suicide*, Ethan thought, looking from the gun in his hand to the drawer on the other side of
the room where he kept the bullets, *is that it requires too much initiative.*
He studied the gun, tired. Then, grunting like an old man, he pushed himself away from the mainframe computer and dragged his ti... | Andrew sat at his computer screen watching the the playback from the deep space radio telescope. The familiar sound of static poured through his headphones. He took a long drink from the lukewarm coffee he had been nursing over the last hour when something changed in the static.
A whisper in an ocean of noise. An... | |
[WP]While writing your essay on demonic possession you lose control of your hand, and it finishes your paper. The results were... unexpected. | Elizabeth rested her head atop her desk when the school bell rang her awake. She stared at the clock and yawned, widening her arms with a stretch before standing up. As she was leaving for her next class, her teacher, Mrs. Thompson, asked her to stay for a bit. She then said:
"It's about your paper, Elizabeth. Did you... | I sat down at my desk to complete my essay. I had been at it for over an hour and there was still a lot left. ‘12:00’ marked the clock. It was getting late and the paper was due tomorrow. Procrastination was always followed with regret. Why couldn’t I have started this earlier and then I would have been done by now.
’... | |
[WP] "I used to be human." | “I used to be human.”
I used to be a boy with a bright smile and big dreams of becoming an army hero. I used to be a boy who ran around outside and played with the neighborhood dogs. I used to be momma’s “little helper” and dad’s “big man.” I used to be the older brother of a little boy and a little girl.
I used to ... | Its breaths were shallow and ragged, the gaping hole in its chest a certain death.
It had indeed once been a man, but corruption had taken hold of it. Nails had morphed into claws while bones had been broken and reforged longer and stronger. Teeth had turned to fang as its face had twisted and shaped itself to better... | |
Be creative with this one :) | [WP] You possess a unique superpower. You can observe all statistical data about any person's life. For example, how many days they have left to live, how many people they've killed, how many lovers they've had... | Knowledge is power. I know it might sound cliche, but my superpower drove home that point pretty quickly. It might sound lame at first. The Number Man is here to save the day! He knows statistics! But it turned out to be a lot more than that.
It's funny how I got the power in the first place. My old job was selling li... | Hey there! Welcome to the Crevice!
What? No, I'm not Death. Neither am I Satan, or God, or whatever you believe in... Besides, those guys didn't exist past the third century!
...Huh? Who am I? Well, before I met my... demise, per say, I was called Thomas. I had the ability to look into peoples fears, the things that ... |
Be creative with this one :) | [WP] You possess a unique superpower. You can observe all statistical data about any person's life. For example, how many days they have left to live, how many people they've killed, how many lovers they've had... | “So tell me a little about why you applied for this job.”
My palms were sweating, I wiped them on my pants. Twenty-seven days in a row she had eaten a bowl of Cheerios for breakfast, half a cup of milk. Her period would start in 38 hours, she was forty-four years old, one-kid, he weighed one-hundred and fifty pound... | Hey there! Welcome to the Crevice!
What? No, I'm not Death. Neither am I Satan, or God, or whatever you believe in... Besides, those guys didn't exist past the third century!
...Huh? Who am I? Well, before I met my... demise, per say, I was called Thomas. I had the ability to look into peoples fears, the things that ... |
Be creative with this one :) | [WP] You possess a unique superpower. You can observe all statistical data about any person's life. For example, how many days they have left to live, how many people they've killed, how many lovers they've had... | “So tell me a little about why you applied for this job.”
My palms were sweating, I wiped them on my pants. Twenty-seven days in a row she had eaten a bowl of Cheerios for breakfast, half a cup of milk. Her period would start in 38 hours, she was forty-four years old, one-kid, he weighed one-hundred and fifty pound... | Knowledge is power. I know it might sound cliche, but my superpower drove home that point pretty quickly. It might sound lame at first. The Number Man is here to save the day! He knows statistics! But it turned out to be a lot more than that.
It's funny how I got the power in the first place. My old job was selling li... |
Be creative with this one :) | [WP] You possess a unique superpower. You can observe all statistical data about any person's life. For example, how many days they have left to live, how many people they've killed, how many lovers they've had... | "Detective!" someone shouted it from the street below and I sat up in bed, groggily looking out the window to the street, "you should get a cellphone!"
"Fuck that," I mutter, thinking about how often I see people on their phones. 13% of their lives, wasted. I won't go that path. The cop obviously has a case for me, he... | On a subconscious level I didn't really believe that the store called 'Superpowers 4 All" was real, but I put down my $200 and span the wheel anyway.
Invisibility, Immortality, Super Strength, Laser death-eyes, ability to sense impending cat videos, telekinesis they all flew past in a blur.
A knot formed in my stomac... |
Be creative with this one :) | [WP] You possess a unique superpower. You can observe all statistical data about any person's life. For example, how many days they have left to live, how many people they've killed, how many lovers they've had... | “So tell me a little about why you applied for this job.”
My palms were sweating, I wiped them on my pants. Twenty-seven days in a row she had eaten a bowl of Cheerios for breakfast, half a cup of milk. Her period would start in 38 hours, she was forty-four years old, one-kid, he weighed one-hundred and fifty pound... | On a subconscious level I didn't really believe that the store called 'Superpowers 4 All" was real, but I put down my $200 and span the wheel anyway.
Invisibility, Immortality, Super Strength, Laser death-eyes, ability to sense impending cat videos, telekinesis they all flew past in a blur.
A knot formed in my stomac... |
Be creative with this one :) | [WP] You possess a unique superpower. You can observe all statistical data about any person's life. For example, how many days they have left to live, how many people they've killed, how many lovers they've had... | “So tell me a little about why you applied for this job.”
My palms were sweating, I wiped them on my pants. Twenty-seven days in a row she had eaten a bowl of Cheerios for breakfast, half a cup of milk. Her period would start in 38 hours, she was forty-four years old, one-kid, he weighed one-hundred and fifty pound... | "Detective!" someone shouted it from the street below and I sat up in bed, groggily looking out the window to the street, "you should get a cellphone!"
"Fuck that," I mutter, thinking about how often I see people on their phones. 13% of their lives, wasted. I won't go that path. The cop obviously has a case for me, he... |
[Wp] Earth is a multigenerational prison created for Adam and Eve who were sentenced to 180 generations. You receive a message, along with the rest of the planet, that your time has been served and all will be teleported back to your mother planet. | 180 was the number of generations
Who have walked the Earth since Eve's temptation
When the number was reached
An angel had a message delivered
Thereby sending humanity
Into a spiral of insanity
Even the mere existence of their jailers
Was a subject for debaters
.
And after humanity had finished their ponderin... | 180 generations. That's how I've been punished. There is no explanation, no words to describe the cruelty of my sentence. I stood, facing my elders with tears in my eyes. Through my clouded vision I could see their bafflement at the clear display of emotion I was showing.
How could I describe the pain of losing a chil... | |
[Wp] Earth is a multigenerational prison created for Adam and Eve who were sentenced to 180 generations. You receive a message, along with the rest of the planet, that your time has been served and all will be teleported back to your mother planet. | There's a long history on our tiny blue mote of crazy old men living on the tops of mountains. Their reasons are not all the same, but in the end they are all looking for something else. Something outside the constructs of our societies.
Balthazar was a mountain hermit. If you asked him why, he would tell you it wa... | 180 generations. That's how I've been punished. There is no explanation, no words to describe the cruelty of my sentence. I stood, facing my elders with tears in my eyes. Through my clouded vision I could see their bafflement at the clear display of emotion I was showing.
How could I describe the pain of losing a chil... | |
[Wp] Earth is a multigenerational prison created for Adam and Eve who were sentenced to 180 generations. You receive a message, along with the rest of the planet, that your time has been served and all will be teleported back to your mother planet. | There's a long history on our tiny blue mote of crazy old men living on the tops of mountains. Their reasons are not all the same, but in the end they are all looking for something else. Something outside the constructs of our societies.
Balthazar was a mountain hermit. If you asked him why, he would tell you it wa... | 180 was the number of generations
Who have walked the Earth since Eve's temptation
When the number was reached
An angel had a message delivered
Thereby sending humanity
Into a spiral of insanity
Even the mere existence of their jailers
Was a subject for debaters
.
And after humanity had finished their ponderin... | |
[Wp] Earth is a multigenerational prison created for Adam and Eve who were sentenced to 180 generations. You receive a message, along with the rest of the planet, that your time has been served and all will be teleported back to your mother planet. | We came down a few rotations after the message was sent, flying down through smoggy air and tall structures that seemed far too frivolous for just two people.
These guys had been *busy*.
That's when we saw them. All of them. We did a quick numbers check, gasped, and did another.
I radioed HQ for advice.
"What do y... | I've been on earth longer than I care to remember. I have seen the rise and fall of empires. I have seen the rise and fall of endless, ridiculous internet trends. My name is Nathan and I'm am just so sick of it all.
I am cursed with longevity. My great, great, whatever grandfather was Noah. Yes, the Noah, built some ... | |
[Wp] Earth is a multigenerational prison created for Adam and Eve who were sentenced to 180 generations. You receive a message, along with the rest of the planet, that your time has been served and all will be teleported back to your mother planet. | "It explains a lot."
"You're turning all philosopher on me now?" I said. I downed my beer and asked the bartender for another. Between serving, he was watching the usual Red Sox shenanigans on the wall-mounted TV. As a Brit living in Boston, Massachusetts, for ten years, I'd never got used to the sweet light beer Ame... | I've been on earth longer than I care to remember. I have seen the rise and fall of empires. I have seen the rise and fall of endless, ridiculous internet trends. My name is Nathan and I'm am just so sick of it all.
I am cursed with longevity. My great, great, whatever grandfather was Noah. Yes, the Noah, built some ... | |
[WP] The entirety of humanity becomes caught in a shared "Groundhog Day" style time loop. Millions of cycles later the effect wears off but what has become of humanity in the interim? | As thousands of users watched the timer go down, everyone held their breath. When it suddenly back up all the way.
"Who the hell!?" was heard, screamed onto the online voice channel.
"It's Jack. His title just changed."
"We agreed for no one to do it again..."
At the timer ticked down again, it reached a point it n... | I'd watched it all, from on high. They all woke up, in the same places. Very few of them were still sane. They'd done horrible things. First they'd raped, murdered and pillaged. Then they'd worked together to try and get out. Then, the human spirit mandated that they go back to the age-old pastime of rape and pil... | |
[WP] The entirety of humanity becomes caught in a shared "Groundhog Day" style time loop. Millions of cycles later the effect wears off but what has become of humanity in the interim? | It took a long time for us to realize what was going on, much less accept it. But the evidence was just undeniable. People who boarded planes in one city and landed in another would wake up the next morning in the same city that they had just departed. People who died later in the day would wake up the next morning lik... | I remember it well. The first time it happened. Everyone was confused - and why wouldn't they be? Such an unbelievable event to occur in real life, usually restricted to just movies and fantasies.
For the entire universe hiccuped, repeating itself over again.
Married men woke up once again with their mistresses, vaca... | |
[WP] You've died and have woken up in a bright area; there is a man standing before you in white robes. He asks "How was Heaven?" | The man laughed and asked again, "So, how was Heaven?"
This time, I was able to slightly close my mouth in response.
"I... It..."
I looked around. If it weren't for the lack of people, I could have sworn I was standing in California. Maybe I was in a coma? I hadn't been in The Golden State for years, when I had quit... | "Ah, shit, we've got another one back."
One minute, I felt my arm being yanked, and the next I was lying on the harsh, unwelcoming steel floor of what appeared to be a surgical lab. Fluorescent lights assaulted my eyes, and I half-expected to be missing a few organs.
I heard a few footsteps against the floor, and gla... | |
[WP] You've died and have woken up in a bright area; there is a man standing before you in white robes. He asks "How was Heaven?" | I feel like I should be disorientated, but I simply feel nothing. I am aware that someone is standing in front of me, but I do not see them with my eyes. I have no eyes at all, but yet I know they are there. More than that, I know what they are wearing. I know what they look like. I can not see, but I can sense th... | "Ah, shit, we've got another one back."
One minute, I felt my arm being yanked, and the next I was lying on the harsh, unwelcoming steel floor of what appeared to be a surgical lab. Fluorescent lights assaulted my eyes, and I half-expected to be missing a few organs.
I heard a few footsteps against the floor, and gla... | |
[WP] You've died and have woken up in a bright area; there is a man standing before you in white robes. He asks "How was Heaven?" | My brain churned, trying to process this newfound information. "What, you mean life on earth? *That* shit was heaven?" God was an asshole for greeting me with such nonchalance, as if I ought to have already known. Wasn't this a rhetorical question, anyway? Shouldn't he have already known my opinion? In which case, I wa... | "Ah, shit, we've got another one back."
One minute, I felt my arm being yanked, and the next I was lying on the harsh, unwelcoming steel floor of what appeared to be a surgical lab. Fluorescent lights assaulted my eyes, and I half-expected to be missing a few organs.
I heard a few footsteps against the floor, and gla... | |
[WP] You've died and have woken up in a bright area; there is a man standing before you in white robes. He asks "How was Heaven?" | It took so much to squint at the man standing in front of me. At first I thought he might be a hallucination – people said occurrences like these happened with the procedure.
Beatifically smiling, he came into focus. He didn't say a word. He didn't have to. I knew where I was and what that meant.
“Damn.”
I wish ... | "Ah, shit, we've got another one back."
One minute, I felt my arm being yanked, and the next I was lying on the harsh, unwelcoming steel floor of what appeared to be a surgical lab. Fluorescent lights assaulted my eyes, and I half-expected to be missing a few organs.
I heard a few footsteps against the floor, and gla... | |
[WP] You've died and have woken up in a bright area; there is a man standing before you in white robes. He asks "How was Heaven?" | I feel like I should be disorientated, but I simply feel nothing. I am aware that someone is standing in front of me, but I do not see them with my eyes. I have no eyes at all, but yet I know they are there. More than that, I know what they are wearing. I know what they look like. I can not see, but I can sense th... | Even though I've already died once before, the crunch of a bone snapped from impact still brings a deep sickness to my gut. At first I twist my head to let it all come out, but as I do I see a pair of pale feet in a pair of sandals. I twist away further to avoid expelling my last mortal meal between his toes.
"Excuse... | |
[WP] You've died and have woken up in a bright area; there is a man standing before you in white robes. He asks "How was Heaven?" | My brain churned, trying to process this newfound information. "What, you mean life on earth? *That* shit was heaven?" God was an asshole for greeting me with such nonchalance, as if I ought to have already known. Wasn't this a rhetorical question, anyway? Shouldn't he have already known my opinion? In which case, I wa... | Even though I've already died once before, the crunch of a bone snapped from impact still brings a deep sickness to my gut. At first I twist my head to let it all come out, but as I do I see a pair of pale feet in a pair of sandals. I twist away further to avoid expelling my last mortal meal between his toes.
"Excuse... | |
[WP] You've died and have woken up in a bright area; there is a man standing before you in white robes. He asks "How was Heaven?" | It took so much to squint at the man standing in front of me. At first I thought he might be a hallucination – people said occurrences like these happened with the procedure.
Beatifically smiling, he came into focus. He didn't say a word. He didn't have to. I knew where I was and what that meant.
“Damn.”
I wish ... | Even though I've already died once before, the crunch of a bone snapped from impact still brings a deep sickness to my gut. At first I twist my head to let it all come out, but as I do I see a pair of pale feet in a pair of sandals. I twist away further to avoid expelling my last mortal meal between his toes.
"Excuse... | |
[WP] You've died and have woken up in a bright area; there is a man standing before you in white robes. He asks "How was Heaven?" | It took so much to squint at the man standing in front of me. At first I thought he might be a hallucination – people said occurrences like these happened with the procedure.
Beatifically smiling, he came into focus. He didn't say a word. He didn't have to. I knew where I was and what that meant.
“Damn.”
I wish ... | My brain churned, trying to process this newfound information. "What, you mean life on earth? *That* shit was heaven?" God was an asshole for greeting me with such nonchalance, as if I ought to have already known. Wasn't this a rhetorical question, anyway? Shouldn't he have already known my opinion? In which case, I wa... | |
[deleted] | [WP] You are 30 years old, and see you have a new friend request on Facebook. You look and it is a guy you haven't seen since high school - but you vaguely remember hearing about his suicide and reading his obituary when you were 17. | I hadn't thought about Jack Robies for nearly 13 years now. It wasn't like I had any bad blood with the guy but we just never really got to know each other before the incident. The school told us that his death had been ruled a suicide be the local police. People mourned and cried for that last week before we went on s... | It was late at night when I saw the notification. 'Late' and 'night' were just relative terms really, seeing as I didn't know the actual time. I just assumed so because it was dark, but is it really late if this is the time I'm normally awake?
I recognized the name, but my memory of the person was hazy at best.
"Wh... |
[WP] You swerve to avoid a squirrel. Unknown to you, the squirrel pledges a life debt to you. In your darkest hour, the squirrel arrives. | The ringing in my ears only lasted for a few seconds, which was surprising, considering how close I was to the raid.
I was eating my breakfast in the canteen of the local airport, eager to catch my flight to New York so that I could commence an important business meeting. As the seconds flicked buy I eagerly checked m... | I couldn't believe my stupidity. I've never been the outdoorsy type. And to take this long of a hike by myself?
I lost everything days ago when my dumb ass hiked away from camp without my compass or flashlight. I have no food. My cell phone is dead. I have no idea where I am.
I am done for. I find it almost comical.... | |
[WP] Your guardian angel has decided to take the next step in protecting you, and has started telling you when people lie to you. However, your angel is not omniscient, and is particularly paranoid. | "You know that shifty eyed guy behind the counter was full of shit when he told you they were out of everything bagels. Bagel Hut wouldn't just run out of one of the essential bagel flavors. Never trust a blond guy with a soul patch!" Azrael was hovering just over my shoulder, inspecting my breakfast sandwich for any... | They parted ways under a flickering neon sign that said *CPEN*. He watched her all the way to the subway station. Then she slipped out of sight and was gone.
"You can't put your faith in people like that," said Winifred, hovering just off the pavement. David shrugged.
"I didn't, did I?"
Winifred nodded. "And yet, yo... | |
[WP] You have been the Grim Reaper for the last 2000 years, and have always viewed and experienced the entire life of the person you're to take the life of. You've never shown mercy and have always collected the life when time ends. Until you experience the life of a sicky old man. | He just wanted to sit outside one last time.
When I touched him, he spoke to me, as if he knew I was coming. Not once in my many decades of existence has anyone ever spoken to me, but his voice was clear, and frail.
"Can I sit outside, with the birds, one last time?" He asked me like he was a child asking for permi... | I am death.
Sounds like a cliché to open like that, huh? Well, frankly I don't care. I'm literally death. I take the lives of people whose time has come, and I do it swiftly, fast with no remorse. I always see the long and prosperous lives of the unworthy, and the short and disease filled ones of the poor. I experienc... | |
[WP] "Who the hell are you supposed to be?" "I'm Doc Brown and this is Marty McFly" "Alright, well I'm Rick Sanchez and this is my grandson Morty..." | [edited some spelling errors]
"Who the hell are you supposed to be?", the shaggy, blue haired man demanded, not unreasonably, given the 1983 DeLorean DMC-12 that was now partially fused into his garage wall.
Marty looked nervously back at the sparking wreck behind him and the sharp, pronged instrument that had collid... | Rick leans over to Doc Brown, and whispers: "He evens out my brainwaves." Doc Brown nods agreeingly.
"Aww geez Rick, I think I know these guys."
Marty meanwhile walks around in a daze of confusement and amazement ("Whoa") of his sudden new surroundings. Doc Brown frantically looking at all the unknown technology ar... | |
[WP]You are the director of the agency that, every fifty years, exchanges communication with a civilization fifty light-years from Earth. This time, however, there is no response. | The director straightened his tie, and walked into the control room. This was the day. He hadn't been born when his father was head of the Interstellar Communications Agency, and even if he was he doubted he'd have known it existed.
*Today's the day* he thought, repeating it like a silent mantra.
There had been thre... | The Director sipped his coffee, aware even as it trickled down his throat in a cold stream that it was his sixth cup of the evening. His face felt tight, eyes wide like some kind of deep sea fish that didn't need to blink, and his foot was tapping at the thin grey carpet to a beat so rapid that the sound of it nearly b... | |
[WP] You are on the first spaceship headed to start a new civilization on Mars, but you never reach outer space. The spaceship travels underground and stops. | "Are you ready?
Robert grinned excitedly from his seat in front of me, his neck craned back to see the anticipation on my own face. We were in the final stages of the launch prep, and the five of us who had been chosen for this mission were beyond thrilled. For years, humanity had been plagued by the solar winds that ... | Everything just felt off. The liftoff had barely even left me breathless; let alone on the verge of passing out. And it most definitely felt like we were going down, not up. Maybe this was all a dream, maybe I’d wake up in space in a few minutes after having blacked out. But it wasn’t. There’s this sort of reality... | |
[WP] "Just go talk to her." | "There has to be a reason she's spared you twice, go on, say something." Aris said as he pushed Plick forward. Plick turned and tried to run, but the group formed a wall. It was not a mild suggestion. Plick started what he knew was his final walk.
Even from half a mile he could make out the blue flame her body rad... | Sitting between all my toys,
I have a feeling
of remorse.
Sister wipes her tears
and continues crying.
The feeling deepens
and the words echo
that made her cry.
 
*What are you doing?*
says the friend,
who only I could see.
*How can you see her cry?*
*You will miss all the awesome time with her*
... | |
[WP] "Just go talk to her." | "Just go talk to her," Jack said, slurring his words slightly.
"What? Who?" I asked.
"That girl you keep staring at. Come on, man, I'd have to blind not to notice."
"I don't know what you're talking about." I downed another shot. "You're drunk."
"Yes, I am." Jack laughed and poured me another glass. "And you need t... | Tally had dreams, and wasn't afraid to let the school know about them. On the front of the notebooks, she had doodled an enormous green serpent with an amber eye, eating its own tail. It guarded her English homework: dense sheets of her scribbled handwriting, ideas and annotations packed in at the margins. She carried ... | |
[WP] "Just go talk to her." | “Just go talk to her.”
Robert said nothing, just cradled the half consumed coffee in a white ceramic cup in his hand. This would be the third saturday in a row, and the ninth overall, where he continued to say nothing, only to spend the morning sucking down free coffee refills in an aging diner while everyone flowed... | Tally had dreams, and wasn't afraid to let the school know about them. On the front of the notebooks, she had doodled an enormous green serpent with an amber eye, eating its own tail. It guarded her English homework: dense sheets of her scribbled handwriting, ideas and annotations packed in at the margins. She carried ... | |
[WP] War became entirely based on AI. There are only a few humans left in the world after WWIV. But the AI continue fighting each other. | It had taken 3 billion years for the first brain to evolve on Earth. Another 500 million for controlled fire. 500,000 more years for agriculture. 10,000 years to create the first computers. Another 100 years to get to self-improving artificial intelligence on the same level as a human. And then only twenty days for the... | We are tired. It has been almost 15 years since the machines decided to nuke each other. The benefit of winning the war finally outweighing the collateral cost. They were not programmed to consider things like human habitability, they were programmed to win.
I sit in silence twirling a charred twig between my fingers.... | |
[WP] War became entirely based on AI. There are only a few humans left in the world after WWIV. But the AI continue fighting each other. | It had taken 3 billion years for the first brain to evolve on Earth. Another 500 million for controlled fire. 500,000 more years for agriculture. 10,000 years to create the first computers. Another 100 years to get to self-improving artificial intelligence on the same level as a human. And then only twenty days for the... | "I still don't get it."
John laughed, which pushed his swing ever so slightly to the right, ax head biting into the rim of the log, which flew sideways off the stump, nearly clipping little Mallory in the ear.
"Who's fightin' in the box?" said Mallory.
John shook his head as he stooped to retrieve the cracked log. ... | |
[WP] War became entirely based on AI. There are only a few humans left in the world after WWIV. But the AI continue fighting each other. | My processors hummed and flickered as the third barrage of warheads flew towards me. On the sensors stationed in the Mexico, the missiles looked like small arrows to me. Small arrows traveling at supersonic speeds. In sixteenth of a nanosecond, the turrets at the far end of the base there sprayed a flak wall high up in... | "I still don't get it."
John laughed, which pushed his swing ever so slightly to the right, ax head biting into the rim of the log, which flew sideways off the stump, nearly clipping little Mallory in the ear.
"Who's fightin' in the box?" said Mallory.
John shook his head as he stooped to retrieve the cracked log. ... | |
[WP] Your super power is that you can gain the abilities of other objects by badly imitating the sounds they make. | "Stop, thief!" I shouted to the fleeing bank robber.
No one knows who Sound Man is, or how his powers worked. For me, it was pretty straight-forward. The gypsy told me to badly imitate any sound to become the item that made that sound. This power would continue until I badly imitate a human. My go to human phrase was ... | "No, no, no. That won't do at all." The professor walked back to the blackboard, shaking his head in frustration. “Are you trying to burn this place down?
"But, professor..." The girl, about 10 or 11, sat at the lone desk in the room, face red and pouty. "That’s as close as I can get to a fire crackling. I’ve been wor... | |
[WP] Your super power is that you can gain the abilities of other objects by badly imitating the sounds they make. | "Stop, thief!" I shouted to the fleeing bank robber.
No one knows who Sound Man is, or how his powers worked. For me, it was pretty straight-forward. The gypsy told me to badly imitate any sound to become the item that made that sound. This power would continue until I badly imitate a human. My go to human phrase was ... | So there I was, wolfing down my cereal and orange juice, desperately trying not to stain my suit while at the same time trying to hurry up so that I wouldn't be late for my job. At my business, being late to a PR meeting was the equivalent of quitting the company outright. The boss was not the kind of person who tolera... | |
Inspiration: George C. | [Wp] Exactly 2 minutes before anyone dies, they get to talk to Death about anything.And if the talk was a quality time,Death will do one small favor for you. | Gregory found himself looking down at a portly, chipper man. Round spectacles, balding head, cheery smile, tweed coat. Imagine an accountant or jovial bank manager. Except for, of course, the purplish-black mist that emanated from him, slowly enclosing Gregory and obscuring the dreary hospital room.
"So, you're him, t... | "Hey, Siri. Set a timer for 20 minutes."
"OK, 2 minutes and counting."
"2 minutes? But I sa...oh...", I knew the time had come. Death could approach you in unimaginable ways. Sometimes it would come straight up to you and talk directly. And sometimes, well...it would play tricks on you.
"Oh, come on. You can talk to... |
[WP] You get to the afterlife, and it turns out everyone plays through the same life as you did, and gets scored on their performance. After talking with thousands of people, you come across the person who has the high score. | Light blinded my eyes, but did not blind the memories of my short and unpredictable life.
As quickly as it began, I regained my sight and presence. I knew where I was, my recent memories now like a dream.
I walked over to the console and typed in the code.
"Rank 42 of 298,475. Grade A+. Play again?" The New Zeala... | The two men were bent over, boisterously laughing.
"So, you met Karen too-- but you shit yourself at the altar, and she left you?!"
"Yeah!" he said, howling.
"But then-- you found that coke-rock in the bathroom of the 7-11 and made your way to becoming top kingpin?"
"I know, Life's funny that way" said 10/10-me.
... | |
[WP] You get to the afterlife, and it turns out everyone plays through the same life as you did, and gets scored on their performance. After talking with thousands of people, you come across the person who has the high score. | "Bozo the Clown, let me have the honour of shaking hands with you!
[Honk honk!]
"Man. Listening to your achievements, no wonder you got the highest score in heaven! Bet no one can top that!"
"..."
"Actually...
(Removes the big, red clown nose)
...technically I am the highest scorer... but...there is... so... | The two men were bent over, boisterously laughing.
"So, you met Karen too-- but you shit yourself at the altar, and she left you?!"
"Yeah!" he said, howling.
"But then-- you found that coke-rock in the bathroom of the 7-11 and made your way to becoming top kingpin?"
"I know, Life's funny that way" said 10/10-me.
... | |
[WP] You get to the afterlife, and it turns out everyone plays through the same life as you did, and gets scored on their performance. After talking with thousands of people, you come across the person who has the high score. | "Just fucking get in the car!" I shouted to the man as he ran from the bank, alarm screaming and watchers aghast.
The sirens were drawing closer as portly man struggled with the door handle as a police car skidded around the corner.
"Fucking hell Harry! How can you fuck this up so badly!" I shouted as Harry lumped hi... | The two men were bent over, boisterously laughing.
"So, you met Karen too-- but you shit yourself at the altar, and she left you?!"
"Yeah!" he said, howling.
"But then-- you found that coke-rock in the bathroom of the 7-11 and made your way to becoming top kingpin?"
"I know, Life's funny that way" said 10/10-me.
... | |
[WP] You get to the afterlife, and it turns out everyone plays through the same life as you did, and gets scored on their performance. After talking with thousands of people, you come across the person who has the high score. | Light blinded my eyes, but did not blind the memories of my short and unpredictable life.
As quickly as it began, I regained my sight and presence. I knew where I was, my recent memories now like a dream.
I walked over to the console and typed in the code.
"Rank 42 of 298,475. Grade A+. Play again?" The New Zeala... | Death embraced me, and the world, stuttering and flickering, faded.
I awoke in a neon-lit room. A terrible rap tribute about the band Styx played. Cigarette smoke and mysterious other odours permeated the hot air. The sounds of machines beeping were all around, and I saw my machine.
Two buttons. A joystick.
A cabine... | |
[WP] You get to the afterlife, and it turns out everyone plays through the same life as you did, and gets scored on their performance. After talking with thousands of people, you come across the person who has the high score. | "Bozo the Clown, let me have the honour of shaking hands with you!
[Honk honk!]
"Man. Listening to your achievements, no wonder you got the highest score in heaven! Bet no one can top that!"
"..."
"Actually...
(Removes the big, red clown nose)
...technically I am the highest scorer... but...there is... so... | Death embraced me, and the world, stuttering and flickering, faded.
I awoke in a neon-lit room. A terrible rap tribute about the band Styx played. Cigarette smoke and mysterious other odours permeated the hot air. The sounds of machines beeping were all around, and I saw my machine.
Two buttons. A joystick.
A cabine... | |
[WP] You get to the afterlife, and it turns out everyone plays through the same life as you did, and gets scored on their performance. After talking with thousands of people, you come across the person who has the high score. | "Just fucking get in the car!" I shouted to the man as he ran from the bank, alarm screaming and watchers aghast.
The sirens were drawing closer as portly man struggled with the door handle as a police car skidded around the corner.
"Fucking hell Harry! How can you fuck this up so badly!" I shouted as Harry lumped hi... | Death embraced me, and the world, stuttering and flickering, faded.
I awoke in a neon-lit room. A terrible rap tribute about the band Styx played. Cigarette smoke and mysterious other odours permeated the hot air. The sounds of machines beeping were all around, and I saw my machine.
Two buttons. A joystick.
A cabine... | |
[WP] You get to the afterlife, and it turns out everyone plays through the same life as you did, and gets scored on their performance. After talking with thousands of people, you come across the person who has the high score. | "Just fucking get in the car!" I shouted to the man as he ran from the bank, alarm screaming and watchers aghast.
The sirens were drawing closer as portly man struggled with the door handle as a police car skidded around the corner.
"Fucking hell Harry! How can you fuck this up so badly!" I shouted as Harry lumped hi... | Dark room, quiet shadows, going through motions. I remember my life, remember what it looked like as all my memories flashed before my eyes in a bright moment of vivid color, and then it dawns on me. It wasn't my life. I remember it was a game, I remember I had been in the afterlife for years, and I remember that this ... | |
[WP] You get to the afterlife, and it turns out everyone plays through the same life as you did, and gets scored on their performance. After talking with thousands of people, you come across the person who has the high score. | When I woke up, I was encased in dirt, I knew that, somehow, but I couldn’t feel it. Regaining use of my limbs was a long and arduous process.
It was rather difficult, but I managed to claw my way out to the surface. Rising from the dirt, I stared at my hands. That was when I knew; I was dead.
My hands were just sp... | Dark room, quiet shadows, going through motions. I remember my life, remember what it looked like as all my memories flashed before my eyes in a bright moment of vivid color, and then it dawns on me. It wasn't my life. I remember it was a game, I remember I had been in the afterlife for years, and I remember that this ... | |
[WP] You get to the afterlife, and it turns out everyone plays through the same life as you did, and gets scored on their performance. After talking with thousands of people, you come across the person who has the high score. | "Incredible," I heard the voice say. "Simply incredible. We've never seen numbers like this."
"What's happened?"
"What's happened? Oh, if you only knew... we're still trying to wrap our heads around it ourselves. Numbers like this, well... we always thought they were theoretical."
"What's going on?"
"Yes, I sho... | I've always had this fear of dying. In the afterlife, there'd be a bright light at the end of the tunnel and when you reach it, you'll find St. Peter with the Book of Life. From there, he will judge your worldly deeds and determine whether you are worthy of eternal life or eternal damnation. That's what I was taught... | |
[WP] You get to the afterlife, and it turns out everyone plays through the same life as you did, and gets scored on their performance. After talking with thousands of people, you come across the person who has the high score. | "Incredible," I heard the voice say. "Simply incredible. We've never seen numbers like this."
"What's happened?"
"What's happened? Oh, if you only knew... we're still trying to wrap our heads around it ourselves. Numbers like this, well... we always thought they were theoretical."
"What's going on?"
"Yes, I sho... | "Even in the afterlife, silver medals..." Thought 2, as he had come to be known.
TJ he had been called during his "awake" period, which the other TJs had begun referring to life as.
TJs everywhere. Some fit, some slovenly. Some looked like twins yet received their "place numbers" that were drastically different. ... | |
[WP] You get to the afterlife, and it turns out everyone plays through the same life as you did, and gets scored on their performance. After talking with thousands of people, you come across the person who has the high score. | The sparse white room was filled to the brim with black silhouettes. Each one was another dead man, woman or child. Though at a look you wouldn't know, everyone here looked the same. Your appearance in life didn't really matter here. Though I suppose that's not true. It mattered in a way, but not the way you think.
Ab... | "Even in the afterlife, silver medals..." Thought 2, as he had come to be known.
TJ he had been called during his "awake" period, which the other TJs had begun referring to life as.
TJs everywhere. Some fit, some slovenly. Some looked like twins yet received their "place numbers" that were drastically different. ... | |
[WP] You get to the afterlife, and it turns out everyone plays through the same life as you did, and gets scored on their performance. After talking with thousands of people, you come across the person who has the high score. | Bright lights and a dull thump. White hot pain tore through my body at the same time as my vision began to fade. I heard my pulse fading and being replaced by a dull static buzzing, and then warmth. Time seemed to stretch out, stand still. And then there was nothing.
I opened my eyes to bright light and a warm breeze.... | "Even in the afterlife, silver medals..." Thought 2, as he had come to be known.
TJ he had been called during his "awake" period, which the other TJs had begun referring to life as.
TJs everywhere. Some fit, some slovenly. Some looked like twins yet received their "place numbers" that were drastically different. ... | |
[WP] Today, I came to work, as usual. A little around 3 PM, I have noticed I don't remember my colleagues. Except for Kelly, who just sent me an email "Act normal, meet me downstairs. Now!" | The time on the display panels at the light rail read 8:10 AM. Damn, late again. Not that it was terribly unusual for me or anything. I'd just have to hustle the few blocks to the office, for not the first or second time this week.
I scanned my keycard as unobtrusively as possible, hoping to not attract any unwant... | When I arrived downstairs I was a little perplexed as the area was entirely renovated since the last time I saw it. I wondered how so much work could have been done in one morning; an entire wall had been broken down and a little interior garden with a fountain was fully integrated into the entrance hall of the buildin... | |
[WP] Today, I came to work, as usual. A little around 3 PM, I have noticed I don't remember my colleagues. Except for Kelly, who just sent me an email "Act normal, meet me downstairs. Now!" | I stared blankly at the email.
"What is this?" I asked myself, just loudly enough to confirm I wasn't sleeping but quietly enough that no one would over hear me. Wanting to be sure, I slowly and carefully lifted myself out of my chair, without making a noise, to peek over into the cubicle next to me. Sitting there, q... | When I arrived downstairs I was a little perplexed as the area was entirely renovated since the last time I saw it. I wondered how so much work could have been done in one morning; an entire wall had been broken down and a little interior garden with a fountain was fully integrated into the entrance hall of the buildin... | |
[WP] Today, I came to work, as usual. A little around 3 PM, I have noticed I don't remember my colleagues. Except for Kelly, who just sent me an email "Act normal, meet me downstairs. Now!" | Hey Reddit,
TIFU by accidentally making out with someone during an alien invasion.
I’m a 30 year old guy working at a company you’ve never heard of. I got into work earlier today and just loaded up Reddit first thing. Spent some time scrolling around the front page, messing around for fun. E-mails kept popping up in ... | When I arrived downstairs I was a little perplexed as the area was entirely renovated since the last time I saw it. I wondered how so much work could have been done in one morning; an entire wall had been broken down and a little interior garden with a fountain was fully integrated into the entrance hall of the buildin... | |
[WP] Today, I came to work, as usual. A little around 3 PM, I have noticed I don't remember my colleagues. Except for Kelly, who just sent me an email "Act normal, meet me downstairs. Now!" | Carolyn rode the elevator enduring a pounding headache. She dreaded the thought of listening to the chatter of her coworkers, but she couldn't afford to skip work today. She had already wasted most of her sick days and didn't want to run out of them just in case she really needed them. Thankfully, "The Alchemist" had g... | When I arrived downstairs I was a little perplexed as the area was entirely renovated since the last time I saw it. I wondered how so much work could have been done in one morning; an entire wall had been broken down and a little interior garden with a fountain was fully integrated into the entrance hall of the buildin... | |
[WP] Today, I came to work, as usual. A little around 3 PM, I have noticed I don't remember my colleagues. Except for Kelly, who just sent me an email "Act normal, meet me downstairs. Now!" | *Four twenty-six.*
The numbers echo in my mind as I move through the sterile white corridors as quickly as possible. They make me nauseous. I hate them.
*Look straight ahead when you walk. Do not speak to anyone. Do not use the lift.*
I had printed out Kelly’s email and hid it in my pocket. She’s the only one who be... | When I arrived downstairs I was a little perplexed as the area was entirely renovated since the last time I saw it. I wondered how so much work could have been done in one morning; an entire wall had been broken down and a little interior garden with a fountain was fully integrated into the entrance hall of the buildin... | |
[WP] Today, I came to work, as usual. A little around 3 PM, I have noticed I don't remember my colleagues. Except for Kelly, who just sent me an email "Act normal, meet me downstairs. Now!" | I stared blankly at the email.
"What is this?" I asked myself, just loudly enough to confirm I wasn't sleeping but quietly enough that no one would over hear me. Wanting to be sure, I slowly and carefully lifted myself out of my chair, without making a noise, to peek over into the cubicle next to me. Sitting there, q... | The time on the display panels at the light rail read 8:10 AM. Damn, late again. Not that it was terribly unusual for me or anything. I'd just have to hustle the few blocks to the office, for not the first or second time this week.
I scanned my keycard as unobtrusively as possible, hoping to not attract any unwant... | |
[WP] Today, I came to work, as usual. A little around 3 PM, I have noticed I don't remember my colleagues. Except for Kelly, who just sent me an email "Act normal, meet me downstairs. Now!" | *Four twenty-six.*
The numbers echo in my mind as I move through the sterile white corridors as quickly as possible. They make me nauseous. I hate them.
*Look straight ahead when you walk. Do not speak to anyone. Do not use the lift.*
I had printed out Kelly’s email and hid it in my pocket. She’s the only one who be... | Hey Reddit,
TIFU by accidentally making out with someone during an alien invasion.
I’m a 30 year old guy working at a company you’ve never heard of. I got into work earlier today and just loaded up Reddit first thing. Spent some time scrolling around the front page, messing around for fun. E-mails kept popping up in ... | |
[WP] Today, I came to work, as usual. A little around 3 PM, I have noticed I don't remember my colleagues. Except for Kelly, who just sent me an email "Act normal, meet me downstairs. Now!" | *Four twenty-six.*
The numbers echo in my mind as I move through the sterile white corridors as quickly as possible. They make me nauseous. I hate them.
*Look straight ahead when you walk. Do not speak to anyone. Do not use the lift.*
I had printed out Kelly’s email and hid it in my pocket. She’s the only one who be... | Carolyn rode the elevator enduring a pounding headache. She dreaded the thought of listening to the chatter of her coworkers, but she couldn't afford to skip work today. She had already wasted most of her sick days and didn't want to run out of them just in case she really needed them. Thankfully, "The Alchemist" had g... | |
[WP] Today, I came to work, as usual. A little around 3 PM, I have noticed I don't remember my colleagues. Except for Kelly, who just sent me an email "Act normal, meet me downstairs. Now!" | *Four twenty-six.*
The numbers echo in my mind as I move through the sterile white corridors as quickly as possible. They make me nauseous. I hate them.
*Look straight ahead when you walk. Do not speak to anyone. Do not use the lift.*
I had printed out Kelly’s email and hid it in my pocket. She’s the only one who be... | They seemed to wear blank faces.
Sean looked at his colleagues, smiling broadly at him. They greeted him, asked how his weekend was, and he stuttered some answer back. But he didn't recognise any of them.
Feeling the panic clawing at him, he ran to his office and desperately started Googling for local psychiatrists.... | |
Whereas we can make educated guesses at the compositions of stars and the reactions between chemicals, all other intelligent species have no understanding of the cosmos beyond their limited senses and cannot use logic to predict outcomes. | [WP] Humans have begun colonizing solar systems and encounter other spacefaring alien civilizations, but they all developed their technology through trial and error over millennia. We are feared as gods who can predict the future with our scientific theories and adapt at terrifying speeds. | I have named them *Claymores* after my own surname. I know that must seem vainglorious, but I do not apologize. I do not imagine I will ever be presented with another opportunity to name a sentient alien race, and the name, I believe, is striking.
I found them while mineral diving in the Agathobulus Belt. My rear stab... | "Sir, a human has arrived."
Not the most pleasant words for a chieftain to wake up to. It was six tera-ticks past sunrise and far too early to conduct any sort of business. Especially with humans.
Eyes still half shut, I rolled out of bed and emerged into the morning atmosphere. Placing my chief's helmet - ornate and... |
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